Patient handling and risk for developing persistent low-back pain among female healthcare workers

• Main Authors: Andreas Holtermann (Author), Thomas Clausen (Author), Marie Birk Jørgensen (Author), Alex Burdorf (Author), Lars L Andersen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the risk of persistent low-back pain (LBP) based on the number of patient-handling activities among female healthcare workers with no LBP and those with sub-chronic LBP at baseline. METHOD: Female healthcare workers in the eldercare services answer...